Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)

A federal judge refused a new trial for a Nevada trucking company that was ordered to pay $4.5 million in damages to Amtrak after a truck slammed into a passenger train in 2011, killing six people. The verdict was returned by jury in September 2014…

The derailment of an Amtrak train in May brings the total number of train accidents for the year to five. Despite the Association of American Railroads boasting that 2014 was “the safest year on record for the railroad industry,” that claim is being scrutinized. The…

In the latest setback to hit the cruise industry, dozens of passengers aboard a four-night cruise aboard a Royal Caribbean ship became sick with a stomach illness. A total of 2,500 passengers were aboard the Majesty of the Seas, of which sixty-six passengers suffered gastrointestinal…